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Medical and Cardiac Clinics - Townsville Hospital

Overview

The Cardiac and Medical Clinic welcome patients who have been referred from General Practitioners, Private Specialists and Inter/Intra-hospital Specialists from Northern and Far-Northern regions of Queensland.

Referrals to the Cardiac and Medical Clinics can be addressed to the following specialist under the appropriate clinic:

Referral procedure

A referral letter must be received from the relevant Specialist/Practitioner via the mail or by Facsimile before an appointment can be made.Once received, the referral is categorised by the appropriate Specialist.

Category 1: Patient will be given an appointment within 30 days of receipt of the referral

Category 2: Patient will be given an appointment within 90 days of receipt of the referral

Category 3: Patient will be given an appointment after 365 days of receipt of the referral

We endeavour to have patients seen by the multi-disciplinary team within the categorised waiting times to provide optimal care for all patients. Patients are notified by mail of the appointment date.

Minimum Information Required

Patient details including contact address/telephone number and date of birth

Details of referring doctor or agency

Date of referral

Presenting problem including duration and severity of symptoms

Investigations and results to date

Medications

Past history

Relevant psycho-social issues

Referring doctor’s provider number and signature of providing doctor

Urgent referrals

The referring specialist should contact the On-call registrar to ensure the Specialist is notified of the referral. Contact HHS switch on +7 61 4433 1111.